HB 2257 — Supporting back country search and rescue organizations and volunteers through the creation of the back country search and rescue grant program.

What this bill does

Creates the back country search and rescue grant program. Provides grants to search and rescue organizations for back country search and rescue volunteers' planning, equipment, training, exercise, and operation costs. Allows counties, cities, and towns to recover back country search and rescue costs that are not reimbursed through other sources.

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Floor votes

• House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 13, 2024
  97 yea · 0 nay · 1 not voting

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